Garrison, ND is a small rural town located in McLean County in North Dakota. It has a close-knit community that is proud of its small-town values and traditions. Politically, the town leans conservatively and in recent years has been represented by Republicans at the state and federal levels. The local elections are typically focused on issues such as infrastructure, taxes, and education. Voters in Garrison value fiscal responsibility and like to see their tax dollars used to support local projects that will improve the community. Local candidates for office must be well versed in these issues to get elected and residents are interested in hearing about how they plan to address them if they are elected.
The political climate in Zip 58540 (Garrison, ND) is very conservative.
McLean County, ND is very conservative. In McLean County, ND 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.2%.
McLean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58540 (Garrison, ND) is very conservative.
Garrison, North Dakota is very conservative.
McLean County, North Dakota is very conservative.
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North Dakota is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Garrison, North Dakota: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 58540 (Garrison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $5,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,369 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)